ROLLA, MISSOURI (February 17, 2021) — Approximately 800 students received degrees from Missouri University of Science and Technology at the close of the fall semester. The graduates were honored during a virtual commencement ceremony, hosted on the university's Facebook page on Saturday, Dec. 19. The virtual ceremony allowed the university to adhere to COVID-19 guidelines, which prohibit in-person events with more than 10 participants.

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 17, 2021) — Auditor of State Rob Sand today released an audit report on Muscatine County, Iowa.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS:

ROLLA, MISSOURRI (February 17, 2021) — Missouri University of Science and Technology announces the names of students who made the honor list for the Fall 2020 semester.

HOMETOWN, STATE; ZIP CODE, NAME, MAJOR, CLASS YEAR

Davenport, Iowa

52806, Alicia Luebbe, geological engineering, senior

IOWA CITY, IOWA (February 17, 2021) — The University of Iowa's newspaper, The Daily Iowan was named the Iowa Newspaper Association's 2021 Newspaper of the Year, beating the Des Moines Register and every other professional newspaper in the state.

Sarah Watson of De Witt, Iowa, was one of 10 Iowa students who were first-place award-winners.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (February 17, 2021) — Quad City International Airport is getting a $2.8 million boost from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Coronavirus Response Grant Program. The program, funded under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020 (CRRSA), awarded $2 billion total to US airports. This funding will continue to offset lost revenue and provide operational and payroll support.

PELLA, IOWA (February 16, 2021) — Central College student Paige Roehlk of Davenport, Iowa, is participating in a Spring 2021 internship with Crisis Intervention Services.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (February 16, 2021) WQPT invites viewers to join in virtual screenings of The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song. The documentary is a moving four-hour, two-part series from executive producer, host, and writer Henry Louis Gates Jr, the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 16, 2021) — The Iowa Association of School Boards (IASB) awarded 73 board members, five board teams, seven superintendents, and one chief administrator with a 2019-20 Better Boardsmanship Award. The annual awards are given to individuals and teams who dedicate time and effort to learning, advocacy, leadership, and service projects to expand their knowledge and skills for better governance.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 16, 2021) — When Monmouth College theatre professor Todd Quick was planning his department's next production in the midst of a pandemic, he decided to think small.

Very small.

BEREA, OHIO (February 16, 2021) — Alexandra Minyard of Milan, Illinois (61264), was among 13 student leaders welcomed to the legislative and judicial branches of Baldwin Wallace University's student government during the Fall 2020 semester. Minyard, a graduate of Rockridge High School majoring in psychology and theatre acting and directing, was appointed to the position of Student Senator.

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